Once you have registered and verified the user account, you can launch a virtual server for the Tor agent.

#1.Go to ‘ Deploy ‘ to launch a new VM

#2.Configure the VM as the following:

Server Location: <your preferred location>

Server Type:Ubuntu 16.04 x64

Server Size:15 GB SSD for $5/mo

Additional Features:Enable IPv6

Startup Script:None

SSH Keys:None (you can add later)

Server Hostname:myrelay

Server Label:tor

#3.Click on ‘ Deploy Now ‘ button at the bottom to launch the VM

#4.Go to ‘ Servers ‘and click on your new server to open its details

#5.Click on the eye icon in the bottom-left corner to reveal the root password

#6.Take note of your SSH login details

IP Address: <shown on the server details page>

Username:root

Password: <as shown at step #5>

Configuring the operating system

Once the VM is up and running, we need to keep everything up-to-date before we install Tor. Let’s update the system and configure auto-update, shall we?

#1.Log into your VM with SSH

#2.Upgrade theoperating system

# apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade -y

Note: If this fails with “E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?” , it means thatthe packages are already updated automatically in the background . Wait a few minutes and try again.